@fbaezer,
... and you were spot on when you wrote:Cy Young NL
1. Jacob deGrom
he's only the seventh NL pitcher to win back-to-back CY's...
@fbaezer,
Quote:Cy Young AL
1. Justin Verlander
2. Gerrit Cole
Verlander, by a nose over (soon to be ex-) teammate Cole...
@Region Philbis,
...yet all I can think about is that, for the first time, I missed it with both MVPs.
@fbaezer,
Trout (AL) and Bellinger (NL) take home MVP's...
really not feeling it this year, but the awards still get handed out despite the small sample size.
so here goes nothin'...
my half-hearted picks for 2020 --
AL MVP Jose Abreu
AL CY Shane Bieber
NL MVP Manny Machado
NL CY Yu Darvish
And here are mine:
AL MVP
1. José Abreu
2. Luke Voit
3. José Ramírez (dark horse of the sabermetricians)
NL MVP
1. Freddie Freeman
2. Mookie Betts
3. Manny Machado
AL Cy Young
1. Shane Bieber (no contest)
2. Gerrit Cole
3. Dallas Keuchel
NL Cy Young (toughest one)
1. Jacob de Grom
2. Yu Darvish
3. Trevor Bauer
(Max Fried, on the mix)
AL ROY
1. Kyle Lewis
2.Luis Robert
3. Ryan Mountcastle
NL ROY
1. Jake Cronenworth
2. Alec Bohm
3. Tony Gonsolin
@fbaezer,
i wasn't thrilled with my Machado pick at all.
so i am going to change it and go with
Marcell Ozuna instead...
@fbaezer,
An afterthought on the NL Cy Young.
It will be the other way around:
1. Trevor Bauer
2. Yu Darvish
3. Jacob de Grom
@Region Philbis,
Totally overlooked Williams.
time sure does fly.
thankfully we're back to a normal allotment of stats to look at this year...
AL MVP Shohei Ohtani
AL CY Robbie Ray
NL MVP Fernando Tatis Jr.
NL CY Walker Buehler
i flipped a coin with Buehler... teammate Julio Urias is also deserving...
@Region Philbis,
AL-MVP
1. Shohei Otani
2. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
3. Salvador Pérez
AL Cy Young
1. Gerrit Cole
2. Robbie Ray
3. Liam Hendricks
NL- MVP
1. Fernando Tatis Jr.
2. Freddie Freeman
3. Bryce Harper
NL Cy Young
1. Max Scherzer
2. Corbin Burnes
3. Walker Buehler
(I wish Urías would get it, but Wins aren’t what they used to be not so long ago)
@fbaezer,
NL-ROY
1. Jonathan India
2. Trevor Rogers
3. Ian Anderson
AL-ROY
1. Randy Arozarena
2. Luis García
3. Ryan Mountcastle
(I believe both Arozarena and Mountcastle still qualify. Same with Anderson)
@fbaezer,
Quote:2. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
any other year this would be a slam dunk... i'm sure he will eventually win a couple...
catcher having a career year at age 31...
'21 has seen a big fall off in batting averages.
as of this morning only thirteen players are hitting at least .300
https://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/player/_/view/batting
we probably won't see anyone with 200 hits (Trea Turner with 188 would need multiple 4-hit games down the stretch)...
@Region Philbis,
Seattle is collectively batting .226... and still in the hunt for a playoff spot in the American League.
